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USCIS Reminds Salvadorans to Follow Late Re-Registration for TPS Guidance
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds Salvadorans, who are eligible to re-register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) but who have not filed their applications, to follow the late re-registration guidance.
USCIS may accept a late re-registration application if you have good cause for filing after the end of the re-registration period of your country. You must submit a letter that explains your reason for filing late with your re-registration application.
DOL Delegates U Visa Matters To Wage And Hour Division
Secretary of Labor delegated the authority to issue U nonimmigrant status certifications to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division.
Visa Bulletin - October 2010
Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2010.
Effects of Invalid Puerto Rico Birth Certificates on the Form I-9 Process
WASHINGTON—On July 1, 2010, the Vital Statistics Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico began issuing new, more secure certified copies of birth certificates to U.S. citizens born in Puerto Rico because of a new Puerto Rico birth certificate law. After Sept. 30, 2010, all certified copies of birth certificates issued prior to July 1, 2010, will become invalid. This new law does not affect the U.S. citizenship status of individuals born in Puerto Rico. It only affects the validity of certified copies of Puerto Rico birth certificates.
Visas for Chinese Laborers
Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC
Question Taken at the September 7, 2010 Daily Press Briefing
September 8, 2010
Question: Are there any laws or regulations regarding the issuing of visas to Chinese laborers to build the Martin Luther King monument if American workers are able to do the same work?
USCIS Releases Executive Summary Of Implementing Public Law 111-230 Teleconference
On August 13, 2010, President Obama signed into law Public Law 111-230. The new law contains provisions that require petitioners to pay an additional $2,000 for certain H-1B petitions and an additional $2,250 for certain L-1 petitions. To begin public outreach on this legislation, USCIS held a teleconference on August 19, 2010 to share how USCIS will implement it.
EOIR Announces Completion Of Digital Audio Recording Implementation
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced that it has completed the installation of its Digital Audio Recording (DAR) system in all of its courtrooms, four weeks ahead of schedule. The DAR system is a state-of-theart recording tool designed to achieve a better quality and more easily accessible recording of immigration court hearings.